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Pua O Eleili Pinto leads a cleansing and grounding ceremony for supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law outside a courthouse in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
![Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Morea Mendoza stands in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, to testify about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e0d32ab9abc4d4a82c15f29241fada9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Morea Mendoza stands in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, to testify about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
![Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/44ec60be13a4487e93f9e4a2f358501f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Supporters of a lawsuit challenging a Hawaii midwife licensure law gather outside a courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
![Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Morea Mendoza testifies in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fd79a8eea30d488e856e954d036b9fbb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Morea Mendoza testifies in Hawaii state court in Honolulu, on Monday, June 10, 2024, about care she received from a Native Hawaiian midwife. A lawsuit by Native Hawaiian midwives and others says a Hawaii law penalizes anyone without a specific state license who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
![Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fa669c134a244bbc9e389d21e452d2db/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Ki'inaniokalani Kaho'ohanohano poses on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Honolulu. She is a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who is among those suing over a Hawaii law they say penalizes anyone who provides advice, information, or care, during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum who does not have a specific state license. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)